The triumphant return of reading notes! This month, I plan to re-read and talk about four mysteries by Dorothy Sayers. Specifically, those which feature both Harriet Vane & Lord Peter Wimsey, since Harriet + Peter = otp forever. As always, these posts may (will!) contain massive spoilers so beware i...
bookshelves: published-1930, winter-20102011, mystery-thriller, poison Read from January 21 to 28, 2011 * Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian Carmichael. "
I probably should've read these in order, but my book club picked out a couple to read, so this was one of them.'Strong Poison' is a solid, old-fashioned mystery. I thought it was a little bit predictable, but Sayers being influential on the development of the mystery genre probably has a lot to do ...
This was beautiful. Almost everything was perfect (OK, Peter randomly proposing quite early was a bit odd but Harriet's reaction to it made up for that).According to very reliable sources (*cough* Wikipedia) this book was inspired by the Florence Maybrick-case and it does have parallels (the nurse a...
Rating: 4* of fiveThe Book Report: Lord Peter Wimsey, younger brother of the Duke of Denver, bibliophile, and dilettante in the arts and sciences of murder, meets his One True Love, the Other Half of His Soul; where else would he do this, but in court? Too bad she's the accused in a rather sensation...
I have long loved the novels of Dorothy L Sayers, in particular those featuring Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. I haven't re-read them for a while, though. So discovering them on audiobook has been very exciting. I have just finished listening to the audiobook of Strong Poison, which was wonderful, a...
introducing harriet vane! she's a loveable heroine and lord peter wimsey practically becomes a walking boner as soon as she arrives on the scene. dorothy sayers is one of the most elegant of writers and her super-detective peter wimsey is one of literature's most elegant creations. he's a semi-tragi...
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